Weather Geography trivia quiz
A focused timed quiz from the Weather Geography question deck.
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About this quiz
Test your grasp of weather and climate with text questions that come at a steady clip. Three lives and a fifteen second clock add a light arcade edge without turning punishing. A friendly match for trivia players curious about seasons, storms, and atmospheric basics.
Sample questions from this quiz
Here are 12 sample questions from the Weather Geography deck. Expand any of them to check the answer.
Which temperature scale has its zero at absolute zero?
Answer: Kelvin
The Kelvin scale starts at absolute zero.
Which gas makes up roughly 78 percent of dry air?
Answer: Nitrogen
Air is mostly nitrogen.
Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to the ground?
Answer: Troposphere
The troposphere is lowest.
What is the daily loss of soil and plant moisture to the air called?
Answer: Evapotranspiration
Plants and soil release moisture.
What is the process of warm moist air rising then cooling to form clouds?
Answer: Convection
Convection lifts air to form clouds.
Which scale rates tornado intensity?
Answer: Fujita
The Enhanced Fujita scale rates tornados.
Which layer of the atmosphere holds the ozone layer?
Answer: Stratosphere
Ozone sits in the stratosphere.
What drives the rotation of large storms such as cyclones?
Answer: Coriolis effect
Earth's rotation causes the Coriolis effect.
What is a sudden brief strong wind that spreads from a thunderstorm called?
Answer: Downburst
Downbursts are strong downdrafts.
What is forecasting weather by solving computer model equations called?
Answer: Numerical weather prediction
Models compute future weather.
Which phenomenon returns on a semi-regular cycle and shifts Pacific weather?
Answer: El Nino
El Nino is a recurring ocean-atmosphere pattern.
What is a violent downdraft on the ground causing damage like a tornado?
Answer: Microburst
Microbursts are damaging downbursts.
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How many questions are in the Weather Geography quiz?
Each round selects up to ten timed questions from the playable topic deck.
Can I replay the Weather Geography trivia quiz?
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